History Series / AfterLife2019

* AnAesop: Just because you've suffered a massive personal tragedy, it doesn't mean that life has to end or that you can't ever be happy again. The most important thing is to live as well as you can, and hope to improve the lives of those around you.
--> '''Anne:''' We’re not just here for us. We’re here for others. All we’ve got is each other. We’ve got to help each other struggle through til we die and then we’re done.

* AmbiguousEnding: The series final scene ends on this note as it shows Tony and Brandy walking away from the Tambury fair [[spoiler:and it shows an image of Liza walking with them, back when she was still alive before she disappears. The season then changes to Autumn and Brandy disappears, showing that she likely died of old age, leaving Tony alone before he too disappears on the same Autumn day. While the ending obviously indicates that Tony will eventually die, it's left ambiguous whether it will be because of natural causes or if Tony will kill himself now that he has lost the last thing he felt connected him to the world.]]

* DerailingLoveIntersts: This happens to Roxy and Pat in series 3 as, despite getting together with each other in the previous seasons, Pat becomes increasingly insecure about Roxy's job as a sex worker. After getting some ill advice from Roger, Pat [[spoiler:gives Roxy an ultimatum, she can either be with him or stay a sex worker. She chooses her job and breaks up with Pat which leaves him open to getting together with Kath at the end of the series.]] This seems to have been done in part because Rosine Conaty didn't return for series 3.

* CharacterDeveloplment: Tony starts the series bitter, jaded, and suicidal having given up on life in general after the death of Liza. He decides to take his anger out on everyone around him, calling it his "superpower" and is seen either trying to kill himself or put himself at life threatening risk as he no longer cares about his life. However, after hitting his low point at the end of series one [[spoiler: by knowingly giving Julian enough money to overdose on drugs and threating George's bully with a hammer]] Tony realises that not caring is actively putting others at risk and resolves to be a better person. He becomes less suicidal (though with occasional relapses) and strives to only use his superpower [[PayEvilUntoEvil on arseholes who deserve it]]. By the end of the series Tony decides to care for people again having realised that being good to other people, instead of dismissive, that is the right superpower to strive for.

* ReplacmentGoldfish: {{Deconstructed}} with Tony's relationship with Emma the nurse who looks after Tony's dad. Despite a rocky start the two hit it off and become friends, with Tony mentioning that seeing her improves his day. However, Tony is still in love with Liza and can only give Emma vague assurances that one day he ''may'' be able to move their relationship to the next phase without feeling like he's cheating on his wife. While Emma agrees to those terms its clear in series three that both her and Tony are just trying to replicate moments he had with Liza, meaning their relationship is stuck in limbo and isn't healthy for either of them. [[spoiler:Eventually, after Emma meets an old flame of hers, Tony tells her she should peruse him having realised that he is keeping her trapped in a relationship he knows won't progress any further.]]

* PetTheDog: Despite all his unpleasantness, Tony does this quite often. The Season 1 finale ends with a whole series of PetTheDog moments, as Tony decides to try and improve the lives of those around him in whatever small ways he can.

The series premiered on 8 March 2019 on {{Creator/Netflix}}. The second season premiered on 24 April 2020. A third season was announced on 6 May 2020 and premiered on 14 January 2022.

* AdultFear: Matt freaks out upon getting a call from his son George's school that a man - who he knows immediately is Tony - had threatened one of the children bullying George with a hammer. Tony insists that he was simply trying to scare the boy into leaving George alone, but it's enough to make Matt threaten to sever all contact between George and Tony, fearing that Tony's impulsive and self-destructive behavior may put his son at risk.

* TheAlcoholic: Tony starts to become one as the series progresses. Interestingly, it doesn't seem to affect his ability to function at work. Nor, as it turns out in Season 3, his ability to beat Matt in various athletic activities, even drinking a pint of beer while playing squash.

* HeroesLoveDogs: The fact that Tony has a dog that he Showers with affection and never mistreats despite his emotional anguish is a key factor in making him a likeable and sympathetic character.

* SkewedPriorities: Played with, When Matt learns that Tony threatened a 10- year-old child, he finally blows up at him and threatens to cut off all contact with George. While his anger with Tony is understandable he also never acknowledges Tony telling him that the child in question was bullying George and we never see Matt follow up on this information.

* SkewedPriorities: Played with, When Matt learns that Tony threatened a 10- year-old child, he finally blows up at him and threatens to cut off all contact with George. While his anger with Tony is understandable he also never acknowledges Tony telling him that the child he threatened was bullying George and we never see Matt follow up on this information.

* SkewedPriorities: Played with, When Matt learns that Tony threatened a 10- year-old child, he finally blows up at him and threatens to cut off all contact with George. While his anger with Tony is understandable he also never acknowledges Tony telling him that the child he threatened was bullying George and we never see Matt follow up on this.

* SkewedPriorities: Played with, When Matt learns that Tony threatened a 10- year-old child, he finally blows up at him and threatens to cut off all contact with George. While you can understand his anger with Tony he also never acknowledges Tony telling him that the child he threatened was bullying George, we never see Matt follow up on this or confront the child’s parents.

* CountryMatters: Used surprisingly often, and not just by Tony. The most famous example from the show is delivered by Tony to a ''child''.
** He gets into an argument with Kath at one point, where she declares "You will [[TemptingFate never get me to say that word]]." [[spoiler:When she gets back from a date that night, she has no other words to describe the guy]].

* JerkassWithAHeartOfGold: Tony himself; he's blunt, rude, abrasive and dismissive of others' feelings, yet deep down, he's fundamentally a good guy with a caring heart, who eventually recognizes that he's simply lashing out due to his grief, and takes it upon himself as the series progresses to try and be better to those around him.

---> '''Anne:''' We’re not just here for us. We’re here for others. All we’ve got is each other. We’ve got to help each other struggle through til we die and then we’re done.

** He gets into an argument with Kath at one point, where she declares [[TemptingFate"You will never get me to say that word."]] [[spoiler:When she gets back from a date that night, she has no other words to describe [[Jerkass the guy]].]]